June 20 - Climbing

Leave for Lisa Scola Prosek's in what seems (with the late schedule of late) the middle of the night, but it's mid-morning, and by arrival, close to noon, for the annual San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra retreat with



Erling Wold,



Lisa, and



Martha Stoddard. There's time thereafter to sneak down to



Half Moon Bay's



Redondo Beach



(evidently a favorite)



to



video



Songs on Crane: V. The Heart (In the Desert)

In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And ate of it.
I said, "Is it good, friend?"
"It is bitter - bitter," . . .
"But I like it
Because it is bitter,
And because it is my heart."



Return


to


the final performance of Fresh Voices: Program B (a pleasure once again to hear Aldan Jenks's Letter from Linda, Robert Denham's Sutter Creek [enriched by new visuals, which the dedicated Wayne Wong had requested], David Garner's Medea Alone, and Jeff Myers's The Hunger Art), and finally home, lamentably laden with a tombstone set from a negligent party, alas. No matter. Directors Harriet, Meghan, and I soldier on, and upon return edit and post more



Waiting for Godot, including XXIX. His Hat! and incorporate the first movement of Magnificat into Vespers.

June 19 - Party Line

Another successful performance of Fresh Voices X: Program A, including Job, and out afterwards with Crystal Philippi (Satan), David Garner (Medea Alone), Marilyn Pratt (Job),



Nanette McGuinness, Nathan, Alix Jerinic,




Nathan Marken, Michael Desnoyers,


Del, Meghan Dibble, John Bilotta,



John McGrew,



Maria Mikheyenko, Harriet March Page,



and Kim Anderman.



And a good time



is had



by all. More Waiting for Godot videos mixed and posted upon return, including



XV. Bozzo and



XXVIII. Stop! Back! Turn! Think! Finish The Vespers of 2010 upon return -- more cause for celebration...

June 18 - Hunger Arts

Mix and post another Job excerpt (dress rehearsal version of VIII. Is There Someone?), then to



Berkeley with



fog and



pizza for Fresh Voices X: Program B, including



Alden Jenks's Letter from Linda, Robert Denham's Sutter Creek, David Gardner's Medea, and Jeff Myers's The Hunger Art. Home to mix and YouTube post more



Waiting for Godot late, such as XIV. I'm Hungry, plus compose page 33 of Vespers: Sancta Maria, Ora Pro Nobis.

June 17 - Seeing and Hearing

It's the big night for



Fresh Voices X, Program A



consisting of



Edward Knight's Life Is Fine, Chris Whitaker's George Bush: The Last 100 Days, Daniel Felsenfeld's The Bloody Chamber (above in warm-up,



Job (including VI. Man Is Born to Suffer, from dress rehearsal, above), and John Bilotta's Trifles. Impressive performances, and



party thereafter at


The Pub on Solano Avenue in Albany, just north of Berkeley. Page 32 composed for Vespers upon return, then edit and post more



Waiting for Godot, including IV. Charming Spot.

June 16 - Video This

Video the dress rehearsal of Job: A Masque (including III. Where Have You Been... or shall we say What You Been Doing II?, part of the



Fresh Voices X



evening's activities, which also includes analogous practices for



Alden Jenks's Letter from Linda,



Robert Denham's Sutter Creek,



Jeff Myers's The Hunger Art, and



John Bilotta's Trifles.



All, including Job, go well, and, upon return, relearn how to transfer video from the hand-held camera (which has not been used in about three years -- all recent movies have been with the built-in iSight device -- the relearned secret is the use of a DV, rather than USB, cord) to the MacBook, opening the way to post not ony above on YouTube and Facebook, but also to mix and upload all the material from



Waiting for Godot, Op. 128 (2005, after Samuel Beckett), beginning with I. Nothing to Be Done. Also compose page 31 of Vespers: Sancta Maria, Ora Pro Nobis.

June 15 - Time Odysseys

Produce, mix, and upload two more videos to YouTube, being Ecclesiastes: IV and



Variations and Theme: XII after the second Live Oak rehearsal (a combination of dress and tech for various pieces) of



Fresh Voices X, including



Edward Knight's Life Is Fine,



Chris Whitaker's George Bush: The Last 100 Days,



Daniel Felsenfeld's The Bloody Chamber,



Alden Jenks's Letter from Linda,



Robert Denham's Sutter Creek, and



Jeff Myers's The Hunger Art. Another page (30) of Vespers: Sancta Maria Ora Pro Nobis before the journey.

June 14 - Out, Back

After page 28-29 composed for Vespers: Sancta Maria, Ora Pro Nobis, in residence, from c. 3-10pm at



Berkeley's



Live Oak



Theatre for



tech rehearsal of



Ed Knight's Life Is Fine,



Chris Whitaker's



George Bush: The Last Hundred Days,



Daniel Felsenfeld's



The Bloody Chamber,



Job:



A



Masque,



(including



VIII.



Is There Someone



IX. I Am Still Young and



X. Who Are You Job?), and



John Bilotta's Trifles, all of which go quite well. Manage to do two new videos nonetheless, being Ecclesiastes: III. for Everything and



II. Come on.